Hey mom,
That’s pretty awesome about the store. You’ll have to send me
photos of it when you get it all fixed up. Funny thing about Barry Mcgee, we
had stake conference here this weekend and all of the senior missionaries where
there too. One of them walked up to me and asked me where I was from, so when I
told him Farmington, New Mexico he was just kind of giving me this weird look
and then he says, “I am from there, born and raised.” He said that he hasn’t
lived there for like 20 years, but that he was a best friend with Barry and
they played basketball at FHS together. His last name was James, but he said he
didn’t know a Bob James. Just thought of how small of a world this is that even
in some remote city in Guatemala I can run into somebody who knows somebody I
know.
We had a really good week here; we have a baptism coming up this
weekend and some other investigators that are coming along so hopefully I will stay
here for longer than 3 weeks.
It is still rainy season. The hurricane is gone now which is
nice, but its still rains every day from about 3 in the afternoon until we go
to bed. They say it’s like that till the end of September, but I'm just kind of
used to it now. It’s not really a
big deal. We just carry umbrellas with us all day every day and that’s about
all you need. If it’s really windy I will use my rain jacket but that is pretty
rare.
Like I said before the area is tiny tiny. It takes about three
or four minutes to walk from one side to another, so it can be a little boring
at times because there is not a ton that we can do if we don’t have
appointments planned. The bishop
banned us from contacting because we will burn out the area in a day or two if
we just go around knocking doors, so we have had to be a little creative to fill
the time. The family I was telling you about last week, the really really poor
one, we do a lot of service for them. Since they don’t have lights or water in
their house, they have to cook with fire, so we like to climb up the mountain
with our machetes and cut firewood for them. My hands are super blistered right
now because one day for an hour straight we were going at this tree but we
actually cut it down. It’s pretty sweet actually, you feel like Rambo walking
through the forest in Guate macheteing trees and stuff.
I am looking forward to the flea collars because this house has
fleas too. I think it’s all of the houses. Our house here is insanely tiny, but
I really like it because its super easy to clean. Its just one room, and then
in the corner is kind of walled off the bathroom, but not really. The whole
house is about as big as the living room in the basement. It’s basically just
beds, desks, and fridge. We don't have anywhere to put our clothes so we put
them in the cupboards where the dishes should go. But like I said, super easy
to keep it clean so I really like it.
This p-day was pretty cool though; my comp and I went with one
of the other gringos in my district to play basketball in the morning with the
members from the other gringo’s ward. It was soooooo nice to play basketball
and not soccer ha-ha. I miss basketball. And then after that we climbed, well
actually ended up paying a bus to take us to the top, of the mountain here.
It’s called Baúl also, hence the name of my area. There is a park on top that
is cool and we did a barbeque with the whole zone and everything. They have a
giant cross (of course) at the top that looks over the city; it was really pretty
and quiet. It was kind of nice to get out of the concrete jungle for a little
bit.
After that we had to go to the hospital and take some tests for
my comp. He has amoebas I am pretty sure. Sounds fun right? Its not that bad
though, it just means that he gets explosive boo, the only bad thing is like I
said, we live in a one room house, and the bathroom is just kind of in the
corner. Provides some comedy actually.
I left my camera charger in my old area, but my old comp said he
was going to leave it in the mission office. So when my camera is charged again
I will send some videos and stuff of the guitar. 8 months of playing everyday,
I have learned quite a bit actually. Anyways, nothing super cool happened this
week that I can think of. Love you moms, have a good week.
Adam
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